tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3167107441520846552023-11-16T05:40:38.893-08:00Sport it!Prasad Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170424118980542412noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316710744152084655.post-72953527393512184892014-04-02T00:46:00.000-07:002014-04-02T00:46:52.001-07:00April 2nd 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It was this
day 2nd of April, year 2011 - a day none of us Indians will ever forget. It was
the day Dhoni and his men got home the most coveted cup in cricket, the world
cup. Few of us Aditians were lucky enough to be there in the stadium to watch
it live. Yes - we were there @ Whakende stadium that day.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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of getting to the world cup final began a month in advance when we realized
that tickets would be sold through a ballot. My grandfather often bought
lottery tickets and I had never seen him in his lifetime - and I knew that
winning a ticket to World cup final through ballot system was a distant
dream. Keeping our hopes alive, we registered in the online ballot system and
we also requested 100 Aditians to register online on our behalf - this was a
dirty(or smart) way to put your network to best use #crowdsourcing. Days went
by, weeks went by - we got no response from the ticket provider. Just as we
thought we will not make it - we got an e-mail of having won tickets for the
world cup finals. In fact 3 of us won in the ballot system and we had 6 tickets.<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Each ticket
was priced at 11,000 INR and it was not a big deal to convince cricket
enthusiasts at Aditi to make them buy it. We reserved our match tickets and
also booked our flight tickets - but India had just reached quarter
finals and had to defeat Australia and Pakistan to reach the finals. We
were in no mood to watch Pakistan vs SriLanka finals after having spent our
month's income on this one world cup ticket.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The cricket
fever had reached its peak - and the day India played Pakistan, Aditi
management put up a big screen in cafeteria. Not one person was at desk, no
calls, no e-mails. With 500+ people having the Indian tricolor flag painted on
their face, Bharath Mata ki jai chants followed by sachin sachin… It was
a stadium like environment in office [don’t believe me?- check out the video] </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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our bags that night and the next morning we were in Mumbai . The big
day was here - SriLanka stood between us and the world cup. The scenes at
whakende stadium are still very vivid in my memory. It was that moment late in
the evening at 10 PM when Dhoni hit that winning shot for a six and the
entire nation went up with joy - the joy of being the world champions. It did
not matter where you were, in the stadium or outside, up north in delhi, down
south in Bangalore - it was a one big party.. All traffic rules were broken,
cops just kept watching and joined the fun. You did not think twice
before hugging the person standing next to you and jumping up and down with joy.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">That day
sports really showed that it had the power to unite people beyond religion,
race, color or gender. The joy of celebrating with a billion people together is
something that I had not experienced in the past. It was one of the few times I
saw the entire nation come together - it was something special.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Till date,
remains the best experience of my life - April 2nd 2011 </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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watching the match with your friends, family or neighbors - share you memories
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Prasad Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170424118980542412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316710744152084655.post-54546852048764501662013-08-12T04:37:00.000-07:002013-08-13T02:35:02.743-07:00Shikar Dhawan scores 248 against South Africa A team <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The current sensation of Indian Cricket, Shikar Dhawan slams a double century in a 50 over format against South Africa A team in Pretoria. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Scoring a double century in limited over format is not something we get to see very often. Sachin Tendulkar(200*) and Virender Sehwag(219) are the only ones who have managed to do it at the highest level in limited overs cricket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let us look at players who have managed to score it in List A games.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v Glamorgan<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/57127.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Oval</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">19-Jun-02<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 19.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 90.1pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46772.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">RG Pollock</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">222*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.3pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">E.
Province<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.55pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v
Border<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59101.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">East London</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">19-Oct-74<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-top: none; border: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 90.1pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37265.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">JM How</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">222<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">138<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.3pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Central D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.55pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v Northern D<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/58831.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Hamilton</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6-Mar-13<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 90.1pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35263.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">V Sehwag</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">219<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">149<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.3pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">India<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.55pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v
West Indies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/58150.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Indore</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">8-Dec-11<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
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<tr style="height: 19.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-top: none; border: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 90.1pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41558.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Mohammad Ali</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">207<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.3pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pak Customs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.55pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v Defence HA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59018.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Sialkot</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4-Apr-05<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 90.1pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52285.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">AI
Kallicharran</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">206<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.3pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Warwickshire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.55pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v
Oxfordshire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/56788.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Birmingham</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4-Jul-84<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="height: 19.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-top: none; border: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 90.1pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/41046.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Khalid Latif</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">204*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">163<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.3pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">K Dolphins<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.55pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v Quetta Bears<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/58961.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Karachi</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">15-Mar-09<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 19.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 90.1pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9246.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">AD Brown</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">203<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.3pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Surrey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.55pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v
Hampshire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/57016.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Guildford</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">20-Jul-97<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 19.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-top: none; border: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 90.1pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44052.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">A Barrow</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">202*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.3pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Natal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.55pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v African XI<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59089.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Durban</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">25-Oct-75<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr style="height: 19.8pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 90.1pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/10582.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">RS Bopara</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
</td>
<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">201*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">138<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Essex<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v
Leics<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/57100.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Leicester</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4-Jun-08<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22365.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">VJ Wells</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">201<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.3pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Leics<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 72.55pt;" valign="top" width="97"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v Berkshire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 62.1pt;" valign="top" width="83"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/57100.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Leicester</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="background: #DEEAF6; border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-background-themetint: 51; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">25-Jun-96<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-top: none; border: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 90.1pt;" valign="top" width="120"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35320.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">SR Tendulkar</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 56.15pt;" valign="top" width="75"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">200*<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">147<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 67.3pt;" valign="top" width="90"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">India<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">v
South Africa<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/58119.html"><span style="color: #222222; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Gwalior</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<td nowrap="" style="border-bottom: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid #9CC2E5 1.0pt; border-top: none; height: 19.8pt; mso-border-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-bottom-themetint: 153; mso-border-left-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themetint: 153; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themetint: 153; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-themetint: 153; mso-border-top-alt: solid #9CC2E5 .5pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themetint: 153; padding: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; width: 63.2pt;" valign="top" width="84"><div align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: right;">
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 8.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">24-Feb-10<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Prasad Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170424118980542412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316710744152084655.post-74753278565378966492013-06-09T12:44:00.000-07:002013-06-09T12:59:07.028-07:00Sports data analysis: The next big thing in sport!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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With the release of
the movie and the book Moneyball, sports
and data analytics has caught up and
is now the biggest trend in the world of sports. </div>
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It was popularized by baseball and now found its way into
basketball, Cricket American football,
Football(Soccer), tennis and many other sports too. </div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">But hey, what is sports and data analytics. I don't
really understand? </span></div>
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Well, then you are not alone. Sports and data analysis is heavily used by leagues in US but it is
still in its early stages of adoption worldwide.</div>
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Let us try and
understand what is <span style="font-style: italic;">data analytics</span> in isolation and then later
relate it to sports. Fair enough?</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Data analysis</span> is a mechanism to collect and
analyze data that is generated to deliver better information, more efficiently,
for decision making.</div>
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To make it more
clear, Let us take the <span style="font-weight: bold;">example of Facebook</span>,
the most used social networking website. You would have observed the ads that
appear of the right side of the page. Now if you have ever wondered, how are
the ads so relevant to you? Ans: It is because of data analysis.</div>
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Facebook stores most
of your personal information, your age,
location, sex, marital status, interest, pages you like, places you visit and
so on. </div>
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This information is
then used to <span style="font-style: italic;">ad targeting</span>. e.g. Dating website ad is show to people who are
'single' and not to people who are 'married' or already in a relationship
or a women inner wear brand will be
targeted to women and not necessarily to men or boys. <span style="font-size: 11pt;">These examples are
simple and straightforward. However the professional data analysts would try
and extract much richer patterns using more parameters to take decisions or to
come up with valuable insights.</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Data analytics in sports</span></div>
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Let's try and map it
to Football, the most popular sport in the world. Do you remember the penalty
shootout in the match between Bayern Munich and Chelsea in the champions league
final 2012? If you are a Chelsea fan, you definitely would. Nonetheless, Petr
Čech the Chelsea goalkeeper dived in the correct direction every single time in
the penalty shootout before finally stopping one from Ivica Olic. Yes, the
Germans lost to and English club in penalties. Something unheard of.</div>
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How do you think all
this happened? Petr Čech is a competent
goalkeeper but part of this credit goes to data analysis because he had watched 2 hours of penalty videos of most Munich
players before the match and the team analyst provide him with exact data of
each Bayern player. Most football clubs in the world analyze such data of
opponents from their previous matches or
from training sessions. Such reports would provide data related to a player
like, direction in which he is most likely to score, which is very helpful
information. However, few players like Fernando Torres mix it up well. He
scores almost equally to the left of the keeper as to his right. So, stats
related to direction would not help the opponent goalkeeper as much. However,
76% of his penalties are on low along the ground and not in air. And most
likely in a world cup final under pressure he would use his most successful
shot. And guess what, the opponent goalkeeper already has that information.
Helpful isn't it? "In future,
footballers might not take free kicks trying to place it into top corner, but
pass the ball as the current success rate of scoring from outside the box
during a free kick is a mere 2% or Liverpool might stop crossing the ball every
single time as they used 421 open play cross to convert one in the season
2011-12" says Simon Kuper, well known British sports journalist and author
in Sports Analytics Conference at Manchester Business school earlier this year.</div>
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In cricket, stats
about batsman's high scoring areas, pressure-release shot, a bowler's % of slower balls in a t20 match,
stats on length, runs conceded </div>
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against a left vs.
right handed batsmen, all this data can be collected, mined and provided to
coach by data analysts.</div>
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Combining this with
sports biomechanics to track player movements and physical characteristics such
as heart rate to measure fitness and predict future performance of individual
players, takes sports to all different level. The data collected of a player can help coach take
appropriate decisions in selection and strategies during matches. The impact
of such approach is different in different sport based on the format of the sport.</div>
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There would be one
section of people wondering if this scientific
approach is conclusive and will replace gut instinct of a player or a
coach in world sport?</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Big question: Is art chosen over science?</span></div>
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This is the most
frequently asked question asked by traditional coaches and ex successful
players who have played their game without the aid of such technology.</div>
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Answer is NO. Science is not here to kill the art of sport
but to complement it.</div>
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The science does not guarantee result in any case, but it increases the
chance to succeed, helping players and coaches to take well informed decisions.</div>
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It is important to
know that this method of collecting and
analyzing data in sports is not here to
substitute a physical coach or a manager but to
complement the current coaching styles and take sport to next level. </div>
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It is most effective
when gut instinct and detailed studied analysis are combined to take decisions.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Organizations
and third parties </span></div>
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Such statistical
data is used for in-depth match analysis, talent identification, scouting
analysis and various other training and programs. Most of the sporting
clubs in US, European football clubs and
IPL franchisees in India are already making use of such analytics. Opta Sports,
has recently signed contract with ICC and Premier league as official data
providers. Prozone sports and SportsMechanics are 2 of the many companies in
the world who provide video and data analysis services to various elite
sporting clubs and organizations.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Future</span></div>
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Technologists round
the world predict that concepts such as big data[<span style="font-style: italic;">in
simple terms: ability to collect and analyze the vast amounts of data,</span>]
will be bigger than internet and will impact everyone's life. The most common
phrase used is that "Data is the new oil". It’s valuable, but if unrefined it cannot
really be used. Data be broken down,
analyzed for it to have value. You might
be intrigued to know how US retailer Target used data analysis to know about pregnancy of a women before her family knew it. <a href="http://blog.rewardme.com/data/big-data-how-target-knows-you-are-pregnant/">Check
it out</a></div>
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Al in all,
interesting times ahead and it is matter
of time before sports and data analytics becomes intrinsic part of all sporting
clubs and organizations across the world.<br />
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Prasad Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170424118980542412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316710744152084655.post-83704361474051293192013-06-09T10:34:00.004-07:002013-06-09T10:50:52.653-07:00SL V NZ: Malinga magic almost gets lankans home, a feeling of Déjà vu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Opposition cruising
in a run chase with wickets in hand,
enough overs to spare and not many runs to get. And then comes the slinga
Malinga who manages to create panic in the opposition camp but unfortunately fails to get his
team home. <span style="font-size: 11pt;">New Zealand won this group stage match in a nail biter against Sri Lanka by 1 wicket in Cardiff, Wales and left us
with a feeling of Déjà vu.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">It was the</span><b style="font-size: 11pt;"> Super
eight match between South Africa and Sri
Lanka </b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">in the ICC World cup 2007 played at Guyana, West Indies. Remember? </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">If you were in India
or Sri Lanka, you would probably caught up on this late at night or watched the highlights early next morning.</span></div>
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South Africa were
chasing a modest score of 209 and were comfortably placed at 206 for 5 with
Pollock and Kallis looking good. 4 more
runs required of 32 balls with 5 wickets in hand. Most certainly, SA clear
favorite at this point. Malinga bowling his 8th over had not taken a wicket
till then but bowled a beautiful slower loopy yorker to deceive Pollock and to
hit the wicket. Pollock bowled. But South Africa are still in a comfortable
position with Kallis well set in the 80 s and 4 more wickets in hand. The next
ball, Malinga bowls a speared in Yorker and Andrew Hall manages to lob it up in
the air to give an easy catch at covers.
End of the over and the next. Malinga come back 3 runs required of 24 balls and
kallis to face the Hatrick ball. Full, outside off stump, Kallis goes for a
square-drive and nicks it behind to Sangakara and malinga gets the Hatrick more
importantly the big wicket of Kallis. Tension rise up in the South African
dressing room and worst was to follow. Ntini bowled of a perfect in swinging
yorker hitting the stumps, too good for a No 10 batsmen. Malinga , had turned the match on its head
with 4 wickets in 4 balls leaving 3 runs of 22 balls with 1 wicket in hand. It
was unbelievable turnaround. Unfortunately they could not get the last wicket
and hence lost the match quite similar to that of this match against New
Zealand. </div>
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Till this curly
golden haired slingy fast bowler from the Island of Sri Lanka is
around, teams better watch out. When you think it's done, this man with bag
full of tricks manages to come up with a stellar performance out of the blue
to surprise one and all.<br />
We only wish he was able to take his team over the line in both the occasions.</div>
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Nonetheless, a great performer and entertainer of the modern day cricket, SLINGA MALINGA!</div>
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Prasad Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170424118980542412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316710744152084655.post-2262511860935803822013-05-27T04:13:00.000-07:002013-05-27T22:48:56.816-07:00My XI of Pepsi IPL 6<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The season 6 of IPL
has finally come to an end, not before gaining a lot of attention for both
right and 'not so right' reasons. Most
cricket fans felt let down by few players and adminsters in the last 2
weeks, thanks to spot-fixing and betting allegations. Till we have the legends
of the game like Dravid, Ponting, Sachin, Kallis, Hussey, Kumble and many
others associated with the game, the fans will keep supporting the game of
cricket as it was well demonstrated by the audience who turned up for playoffs
and the finals. We only hope this love of
the audience is not taken for granted by administers running the game and keep
this game clean from all the illegal activities.</div>
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However the On field
performance of the players and the teams have been fantastic this season. We did get to see some fantastic hitting,
classical batting and some outstanding bowling spells leading to last over and
last ball finishes. Bat has dominated for the major part of the tournament.
However, some bowlers have contributed
heavily to the team's success. Sunrisers entry into playoffs, a prime example.</div>
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I am going to choose
my <span style="font-weight: bold;">IPL XI
of the season</span> to reflect on the performances we have had this season.
This team I select will not be restricted to 4 internationals but will be based
on performance and current form than on nationality or reputation. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px; font-style: italic;"> On Slow and low pitches: Amit Mishra would replace Dale Steyn. </span><i style="font-size: 9pt;">The players who came
in close but did not make it into my XI were Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma and
Pollard at No 3,4 and 5 respectively. Mitchell Johnson at No 11.</i></div>
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While you might
agree on most names in the XI, I also expect you to disagree on few. After all
we are picking XI from a pool of 100+ players of whom at least
20-30 could get into any world T20 XI. </div>
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Some are glad that
the season has come to end as it was going through a credibility crisis and
others will miss all the fun, entertainment and jumpak jamapangzz. </div>
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To all who followed
IPL for cricketing reasons, hope to interact with you during the course of
Champions Trophy and Ashes on twitter, blogs and Facebook.</div>
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To all the Indians
who loved IPL for the entertainment, we get back to B-town entertainment.
Starting with, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
this weekend. </div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Anyways, I hope to hear back from you about your thoughts on this edition of IPL and your dream team for the season.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;">Have fun!</span></div>
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Prasad Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170424118980542412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316710744152084655.post-16722273027300340492013-04-11T08:30:00.000-07:002013-04-11T08:33:26.408-07:00 Gayle ensured the party began early on Thursday here in the Garden city.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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out Brett Lee for Ryan Mcleran was an interesting swap. RCB winning the toss
and put KKR in to bat. RCB medium pacers were right on the money, hitting the
right lengths. Henriques and Vinay Kumar got the breakthroughs required and put
KKR on the back foot. However we saw a promotion up the batting order for Yusuf
Pathan and was clearly given the license to cut loose. It looked a good move
till he hit one straight down the throat of the long on fielder to a
slower ball by Henriques. Manoj Tiwary joined the captain who was living
dangerously and also was looking fidgety at the crease. He eventually gifted
his wicket to Vinay kumar trying to slog one over mid-wicket not before scoring
his 17<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>50 in IPL,
most by any batsmen in the history of IPL. Tiwary tried to score some quick
runs but the RCB death bowling was on display, hitting the Yorker length more
often than not. Venky, the RCB bowling coach will be proud of his boys. KKR
finally had to settle down to 154, at least 20 runs short on this
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Gayle early. Narine was deployed early to bowl against Gayle. But
the big man played him out instead of taking him on. It was
clear that there is a lot of method to this batting madness of his.
Narine did not leak runs but did not cause any damage either. Mayank Agarwal
once again was disappointing. Captain Kohli joined Gayle and scored more than
run a bowl before he got out to Balaji. The two Delhi boys Gambhir and Kohli
got involved in the battle of words and had to be separated by players.
Anyone who has followed them in the past, would expect this from 2 hot headed
passionate men. With Gayle there in the middle, it was matter of time before
the action moved back to cricket, hitting those big sixes he is known for and
he scored 9 of them. He literally murdered the bowling, so much so that KKR's
dibley dobly successful bowler Rajat Bhatia was brought into the attack when
the opposition needed 20 of 24 balls. His selection on lively wickets is then
questionable. ABD did not look at his best but was good enough to
accompany Gayle to get RCB home with 15 balls remaining. Gayle was awarded man
of the match yet again for his 85 of 50 balls. This victory puts RCB right on
top of the table for the moment. KKR clearly need to get their team combination
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Opting to field after winning the toss, the men in yellow put in a
solid performance. Dirk Nannes looked comfortable with new ball,
giving his team the important breakthrough at the top of the
innings and seems to have taken the place of Bollinger really well. Chriss
Morris making his debut in IPL looked a good addition into the team. Bravo was
effective with his slower ones, so were the spinners. Surprising to see Ashwin bowl only 3 overs. MSD will have a reason for the same like
he has for most of his decisions.<br />
On the other hand, the only time Kings XI looked in the game was
when David Hussey and Gurkeerat Singh put in 56 run stand for the 4th wicket
but looked a below par team otherwise. The 19 year old Manan Vohra showed
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Second Innings did not make for a good contest. Kings XI were poor
on the field, the captain seemed to have lost the spunk that he was known
for. There was hardly anything going well for the team in red.
Hussey and Vijay looked comfortable in the middle and did a fantastic job
chasing the modest but tricky score of 138 with 16 balls remaining. The run
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Prasad Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170424118980542412noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316710744152084655.post-26587771801053333212010-12-21T05:18:00.000-08:002013-03-22T04:22:18.126-07:00Cricket, a management tutor!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">If asked a question. "What is the key in building a team?" What would your answer be. Lets think !!!!!!! We often take up courses, read management books to understand the nuances of building a team.These are good ways of learning ,understanding or getting perspective about things. In today's world, sport is growing faster than ever. It would not be a bad idea to learn about BUILDING A TEAM from any particular sport. After all the word "Team" is the key aspect of any sport. Take cricket for instance.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Building a cricket team</span><br />
The game of cricket is played between 2 sides having 11 players in each. It involves different aspects with batting, bowling and fielding being the main ones. Each one very different from other. We cannot have all 11 best batsmen in the country in one team. Neither can we have all 11 best bowlers available at that point in time to play in the same team. It does not work that way.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">It is never the best 11 players, rather it is the best combination of 11.The team needs to have appropriate number of players for each department of the game.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"> Cannot have all members with similar skill in the team.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"> The most often selected combination is 7 Batsmen and 4 Bowlers. In Cricket, batsmen can get out which means he cannot bat again in the innings but bowler can bowl as many overs as you wish(Nowadays, there is a limit on number of overs in certain formats of the game) and hence more batsmen than bowlers. 7::4. i.e. 7 batsmen and 4 bowlers. </span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><b>Striking the right balance is key</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;">.</span><br />
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Wicket-keeping<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"> is most specialized role in cricket. Wicket keeper will have to stand behind the stumps for the entire game when his team is on the field. It is a tough task, physically draining and requires very high level of skill and concentration. Wicket keeper being important, finding a place for him in the 11 is essential .</span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Identifying roles which need specialized skills is important.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;">It means that you will need to alter you earlier selected combination of 7::4 until and unless you expect the wicket keeper to be an ALL ROUNDER i.e to also play as a front line batsmen in the team. But if the wicket keeper cannot bat, it is safer to go in for 6:1:4 combination.i.e. 6 Batsmen , 1 wicket keeper and 4 bowlers.If the keeper can also bat its an advantage, but sacrificing a keeper for an extra batsmen is always dangerous. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Never compromise on key Roles</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;">. Also identify other specialized roles if any. The roles which are fairly important but not mandatory. Facing the new ball and bowling with a new ball in Cricket requires fair amount of skill than others .They need to master the art of dealing with the new ball. Now the question is how many such skilled players will you have in the team. Generally it is 2 openers and 2 new bowl bowlers. Neither all 6 batsmen need to be openers nor all 4 bowlers need to be new ball ballers. 2 each should be sufficient. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">All members need not possess the skills.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2A2w5lPnZwdQrE5zWy1bEjoM7bj0S6T9EUvQwp44CLcNIefccVlnpHneBGBkLhCl4zsNSiQP9VkQN6mDLHkqgEhdd9vXjXoTy3Ac9DbGobBMwm7YfFnRJeeqZNKTK_hKR5EHeSa-JRvBe/s1600/110500.jpg" style="font-size: 100%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553125426320794482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2A2w5lPnZwdQrE5zWy1bEjoM7bj0S6T9EUvQwp44CLcNIefccVlnpHneBGBkLhCl4zsNSiQP9VkQN6mDLHkqgEhdd9vXjXoTy3Ac9DbGobBMwm7YfFnRJeeqZNKTK_hKR5EHeSa-JRvBe/s400/110500.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 273px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"> All teams generally have a designated number 3 batsmen who would come into play on fall of a wicket. The role of this batsmen becomes critical, if one of the or both the openers get out early in the innings.This is one of the most demanding roles in batting as you need to don multiple hats depending on the situation of the game. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">Historically </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">openers job has to "See off the new ball" i.e to be there until the ball has lost its shine. Not always can they do it. Hence it is also important that the number 3 batsmen to possess the skills required to deal with new ball. <span style="font-weight: bold;">It is also important to have a backup.</span><br />
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Cricket is generally played at different times in a year in different part of the world where in conditions are different. The pitch, the weather and the ground conditions are all different across the world. Some conditions will be batsmen friendly and some of them would assist the bowlers. You generally require an extra batsmen or that extra bowler in the team depending on the situation . The team think-tank is often in the state of ambiguity with this position</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">.Who do we drop to fit in this extra player? A bowler or a batsmen? In such a case, it is always helpful if we can have an all rounder. Who can bat as well as bowl. He need not possess the specialized skills but be fairly good with both batting and bowling. He would provide the right balance to the team. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">It is good to have a member having multiple skills</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">
Cricket matches, especially test matches goes on and on. Most of the times you have long innings played. May be because of the track being flat or may be because the batsmen are showing no signs of getting out. As a opposition, what best you could do is to keep bowling in right areas. "Keep it there, thereabout!" is what the captain the would tell the bowler. No fancy stuff, keep it simple, stick to basics. Keep bowling, Keep bowling, Keep bowling... Generally spinner or a first change bowler is nominated to do this. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"> Need to have a marathon player in the </span><b>armoury</b><span style="font-size: 100%;">.The key here is to go on and on without much thinking about the situation of the match.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;">
With evolution of cricket, fielding is slowly but steadily becoming a key aspect of the game. Finding a place for such roles is tricky because fielding has an impact on the game but alone cannot help you win matches or help you put up a fight. Hence very rarely do we see a player being part of the 11 only because of his fielding abilities. It is donned by some one whose primary skill would be batting or bowling. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Its is not possible to have dedicated player for each role</span><span style="font-size: 100%;">. Need to find one from within the team to do it for you. It is interesting to know that there is a lot of thought put in identifying roles and then selecting a player to fit the role. We have almost covered all the positions in the 11 member team. If there is any position we have not touched upon, those are the ones which are generally kept open for youngsters.Keeping in mind the future, having a young talent in the team is important, they generally have fresh ideas and always bubbling with energy. </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Its important to have youngsters in the team who can learn from the seniors.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LbZx5JHO1ndLE-0xJee-mxZtmDp6ySQ8tCbD9XUdJKhB0N0ERl1yj9_juiSMwmJUpCz43YM7quh0R8hVOEjXk69DoLOF3wGLFujNAEQkUb0fGv77vUwfORd2wjMONfRBP1Gt9WGVHnrx/s1600/119964.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553126477538946322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2LbZx5JHO1ndLE-0xJee-mxZtmDp6ySQ8tCbD9XUdJKhB0N0ERl1yj9_juiSMwmJUpCz43YM7quh0R8hVOEjXk69DoLOF3wGLFujNAEQkUb0fGv77vUwfORd2wjMONfRBP1Gt9WGVHnrx/s400/119964.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 285px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></span><span style="font-size: 100%;">We can talk about different roles in the team, skills of different players , having people with lot of energy, having people with different ideas, having mentors. But the job is not complete until its finished.Its always easy to start but hard to complete. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">Moliere, famous french playwright once told "Long is the road from conception to completion". It is key to have a person in the team who can takes things to completion .<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Need to have a finisher.<br />
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</span>If you search for words like "Key", "Important" or "Vital" in this article, you would find a plenty of them. Which is direction reflection of each role being key or important. All roles in the team are <span style="font-weight: bold;">Necessary but not sufficient</span> . Its only when each member in the team contributes , the goal can be achieved. Each and every member in the team plays a crucial role in the success of the team. After all what captain expects from everyone is to be totally passionate about the game. "</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">Give your best. Give 100% l</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">eave the rest to me", he would generally say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;">When you have a team, there is always a player who leads and motivates the players, gets the best out of them, makes plans and </span>strategies<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"> and is nominated as the Captain of the team. <b>It is important to believe in your captain and follow him</b>. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"> There is lot of hard work done in achieving the success. Players spend dedicated time on </span>practising<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;">,learning, exploring and various other things as part of the preparation for the match. But once every thing is done. It is </span><span style="font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">equally important to celebrate</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"> . Everyone should take time out for celebration.It adds an excitement and a lot of fun to life.It allows us to remember the things in life that truly matter. If not for anything it lets us talk to others with whom we had little conflicts due to difference of opinions during the course of the match. After all it all ends with sharing a laugh together.</span><br />
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Prasad Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170424118980542412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316710744152084655.post-28993183046423847482010-12-19T03:23:00.000-08:002013-05-27T23:29:00.267-07:00A moment of joy, I would like to forget!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">It was the match between Mumbai Indians(MI) and Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) in the season 3 of IPL. This top of the table clash was played in the resurgent Brabourne stadium in Mumbai. Mumbai won the toss and elected to bat. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">Sachin Tendulkar the captain of MI was the main stay of their batting and hence getting Sachin out early was key for team RCB. It was any bowler's dream to get Sachin's wicket. Vinay Kumar, medium pacer from Karnataka put up his hand that day and got Sachin bowled around the legs while trying to play the leg glance. The entire Mumbai crowd went silent as RCB fans started celebrating at the fall of Sachin's wicket. Watching the match from my living room back in Bangalore, I started celebrating too ."Yeahhhhhhhhh", I screamed at the top of my voice in joy. Joy of seeing the back of Sachin. I was sure that we now stand a good chance of winning our away game. Being a resident of Bangalore and a hard core RCB fan the celebration was very evident.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;">After all the celebrations I sobered down to realize that I had just celebrated the downfall of my all time </span><span class="Apple-style-span">favorite<span style="font-size: 100%;"> cricketer who I looked up to all my life.I was in total disbelief and finding it hard to believe what just happened.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;"> I started watching cricket in early 90's at the age of 6 when Sachin had just played 2 years of International cricket. Even then, this young extremely talented charming cricketer from Mumbai was already in the hearts and minds of all the Indian cricket fans. As kids, Tendulkar was our </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 100%;">hero. We all picked up our bats wanting to bat like Sachin. I have not seen cricket without Sachin and I believe that people in India follow cricket because we feel proud that we all are citizens of a country to which Sachin belongs.</span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">All this added to what I was already going through and the question from my mum did not help me any bit. She politely asked me -"Sachin Out! But why are you happy". This question was evident as she had seen me grow into a huge Sachin fan. In reply I told her - "Ma, I am Bangalore supporter and please do not ask any questions to me when I am watching cricket!". The answer I gave was just to get out of the situation. In my mind I knew that whatever happened was unusual, it had never happened to me before. The format of IPL had bowled me over. Mr Lalit Modi, architect behind IPL had once told that - "The success of IPL would be determined if Delhi celebrates when McGrath gets Sachin Out ". McGrath was then playing for Delhi Daredevils and I must admit he was able to achieve it at least in my case. Passion for the team I support took over the emotions I had for my hero. We Indians are generally emotional when it comes to cricket. We love our heroes and especially Tendliya, he is no less than a GOD in the cricket crazy country like ours. We pray to him when we are in trouble and rarely pray to god. We think Sachin can get us out of trouble every single time.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">We all love you. Keep Playing forever!</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 100%;">I still love my cricket as much as my heroes. But when it comes to this special person, nothing else matters. All loyalties would take a back seat and would </span>wholeheartedly<span style="font-size: 100%;"> support my biggest role model, role model of my generation and I hope for generations to follow. </span>In spite<span style="font-size: 100%;"> of knowing that he is a human, I just hope Sachin never retires and keeps serving the country as he has done all his life.</span></span></div>
Prasad Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170424118980542412noreply@blogger.com0Bangalore, Karnataka, India12.9715987 77.59456269999998312.4764147 76.949115699999979 13.4667827 78.240009699999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316710744152084655.post-37866337936303823812010-12-16T11:02:00.000-08:002013-03-22T02:07:03.614-07:00PP's PODCAST : My First Experience with podcasts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Creating my own podcast is one thing I always wanted to do and here I am. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">My first ever podcast and it had to be something to do with cricket. The sports I love the most.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Note: This is follow up of my first <a href="http://prasadmp.blogspot.in/2010/12/ipl-and-test-cricket-can-coexist.html">blog</a>. </span><br />
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Prasad Prabhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170424118980542412noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316710744152084655.post-42132008728232138972010-12-15T01:52:00.000-08:002013-03-22T04:20:47.834-07:00Can IPL and Test Cricket coexist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br />IPL & Success</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />After three seasons of IPL , it is amazing to see success of IPL as it is growing every season . Today, we have more Indians following cricket than ever before. We have more people visiting stadium to watch matches than ever before. Some have preferred watching IPL matches in the stadium to watching a Bollywood flick in a cinema hall, which they would have done otherwise. During the 45 days of IPL , Cricket becomes sheer entertainment. Its Business time!</span> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjAQHDjxgkl3eE_xPivY7YjR-VZzm3BgJPauajQ333ziMir0kQtollIVHosxEb_mKyAlT6GuLO0wuZ6RBKHaG5n62w9pfz1m6JizFYyB8_YUmZzwTige_Dyw-GzIbjpDrn5vsrL0Eixfl/s1600/Cheerleaders+sizzle+-IPL+%252822%2529.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550848662799859330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyjAQHDjxgkl3eE_xPivY7YjR-VZzm3BgJPauajQ333ziMir0kQtollIVHosxEb_mKyAlT6GuLO0wuZ6RBKHaG5n62w9pfz1m6JizFYyB8_YUmZzwTige_Dyw-GzIbjpDrn5vsrL0Eixfl/s400/Cheerleaders+sizzle+-IPL+%252822%2529.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 243px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br />With Success comes Questions</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">But the success of IPL has brought in a lot of Questions , and the most asked question is "Is IPL a threat to Test Cricket?". The answer is Yes. The major worry is <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOT </span>about </span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">early retirement of Test cricketers. We have seen McGrath being sidelined By DD in 3rd season of IPL. IPL teams a re looking for fresh young legs. SO, is the worry about</span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> getting sponsors or it about viewers not wanting watch Test Cricket anymore . No, it is about the money involved in IPL. </span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> We can solve all the other problems if we can fix this issue</span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> in particular, the <span style="font-weight: bold;">money earned by players. </span>It is is humongous. And hence players lose the motivation to play International and Top Quality Test Cricket, where the player salary is not low compared to the IPL salary.<br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Let's take a step back. Understand IPL.</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now , one thing to understand here is, this is INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE. The idea is to get the best cricket players in the world to work in tandem with local cricketers , so that the local boys get a chance to learn from International players , share their experience , learn to play on a bigger stage and hence making the local players a World class talent. The question to ask here is why would international cricketers take time out of their busy schedule to help the local talent in INDIA. There is no strong reason or motivation for them to do so. OK ,Lets Introduce money into picture. And ask the same question again.Answers would now be different. After all its 45 days ,After all its T20 cricket . Its fun time. If International cricketers can find time, Welcome to IPL. So far so good.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSgutXMFKRWrOY-F9-XfEryYGu4e2EOzRXE3Oh67rYk9qeRCSGvQ-09zx0zhd1FToCFtvtlkAvEd_AxnEgnhQlzCHtVS1VajvJRe1WzHNs_EEUZ1JwGik_a84I6m2ubMQGJfL1vCWCj_9/s1600/shane-+kamran.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550848867364805378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVSgutXMFKRWrOY-F9-XfEryYGu4e2EOzRXE3Oh67rYk9qeRCSGvQ-09zx0zhd1FToCFtvtlkAvEd_AxnEgnhQlzCHtVS1VajvJRe1WzHNs_EEUZ1JwGik_a84I6m2ubMQGJfL1vCWCj_9/s400/shane-+kamran.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 259px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br />Bidding involves huge Money</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">International cricketers get money to share their experiences,Play top quality cricket and the local cricketers get opportunity to share the dressing rooms with biggies of the game and to play on a bigger stage which otherwise only 15 of them get a chance to do so .</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">So why would you want to pay a huge amount to a local cricketer who is already in a WIN WIN situation . There is no strong reason to do so except for the fact that the player because of his talent would come at higher price in the bidding process. That is the only reason possible.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now can we solve this problem . If Yes. How ?</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br />Cost & Earn are 2 different entities</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />The Bidding amount of a player and his salary should be 2 different entities with no relation to each other.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">For e.g. Manish Pandey might <span style="font-weight: bold;">COST </span>you more than a Ricky Ponting. After watching 3 seasons of IPL it might make sense as we have approximately 80 international cricketers but 40 to 45 Indian cricketers to select from .And the Max Limit of 4 international cricketers in the playing 11 also justifies the statement. But, by any stretch of imagination it does not mean that Manish Pandey should <span style="font-weight: bold;">EARN </span>more than Ricky Ponting.</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpI0ZN1-338a5lVMHOsjtRK0r96buERvoQ3jM5o157UiJVhzxLXccS4UOSTHhFS0TzoDTFhF7jnd72xCAIREKrc1FKIPyJLGX0GTiIDxpekljCjoC0R1AJVIQ4kqreXZx87FRVIDTkHTY/s1600/Bidding.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550854938209617538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBpI0ZN1-338a5lVMHOsjtRK0r96buERvoQ3jM5o157UiJVhzxLXccS4UOSTHhFS0TzoDTFhF7jnd72xCAIREKrc1FKIPyJLGX0GTiIDxpekljCjoC0R1AJVIQ4kqreXZx87FRVIDTkHTY/s400/Bidding.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;">Grading System . Nothing to do with bidding</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">There should be a model on similar lines to decide the pay of the different players based on their Experience or No of Matches player for the country or it could also be the No of years a player has served his country.Have the Grading System for all the cricketers, international or Local.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">For E.g.</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Class A : Sachin Tendulkar, Jaque Kallis, Ricky Ponting...</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Class B : Umar Gul, Brendon Mccullum, Ajantha Mendis...</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Class C : David Hussey , Virat Kohli , Eion Morgan...</span> <span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Class D :Manish Pandey , Shaun Marsh, Rusty Theron..</span> </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%;">Class A being highly paid than Class D</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 100%; font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />More accomplished = Higher Pay</span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Using this model or any other model on these lines might work as BCCI is not deprived of any amount. BCCI would continue to earn the huge Bidding amount. Only more accomplished cricketers earn more and enforces all cricketers, international or local to also play Top Quality Test and International Cricket to earn big anywhere in the world.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">People responsible.</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a promoter of Cricket , its also BCCI's(Owner of IPL) responsibility to take care of Test cricket along with IPL. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: 100%;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">As viewers, fans we would want to watch both IPL and Test Cricket and lets enjoy the game as we have done all our lives. Hope we get to watch both IPL and Test Cricket in future.JAI Cricket!</span> </span></div>
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